Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

This own-initiative report sets out Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). As an own-initiative report, Parliament sets out its own position; it is not itself a law and is not binding. Fifteen committees, led by International Trade and including Foreign Affairs and Constitutional Affairs, worked on it under the subject of bilateral economic and trade agreements. The tabled amendments debate whether the United States is a strategic partner, whether an ISDS mechanism should be excluded, safeguards for European farmers and standards on food safety, animal welfare, consumer, environmental and labour protection, the precautionary principle, OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises, and effects on third countries such as Turkey, Mexico and Canada.